atlantic blue tangs

[jcanute]

i have two in my tank. i havnt seen anyone else with one. why?

 

[gary greguire]

that is a nice fish.. I didn't realize they were colored diff as juviniles. The ones I have seen look just like a yellow tang except they are blue...

 

[dalbrecht]

They can get big (a foot or so) and aren't as colorful as the pacific varieties.

 

[dreaminmel]

In my earlier days I "rescued" one from Petco and it was the biggest bully in the tank... I do miss it though.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: atlantic blue tangs

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7554740#post7554740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jcanute
i have two in my tank. i havnt seen anyone else with one. why?

CF has one in their upstairs display. Shotgunshrimp had one. The Ontario Science Centre has a large one. They get big. They can be aggressive. How long have you had them, Joe?

 

[SVXH6]

i had one for awhile but gave it away.. he just had started to turn into his adult colors too..

 

[jcanute]

i've had the first one since february. the second about two weeks. i think they are great fish. i saw them in carribean in january and fell in love . there are large schools there and they are all different colors.
i plan on building a ten foot tank. similar to kents. that should give the ABTs and my hippo plenty of room to swim.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

The ABT's you see in the ocean are gorgeous. I've never seen an aquarium specimen match the coloration of a wild one.

 

[jcanute]

i know what you mean gary. my three tangs school . its great fun to watch. they have voracious appetites. its hard to keep enough seaweed in the tank.

apic of my hippo.

 

[Kent E]

I've seen the tangs and the older one seems to be taking on a more olive hue which makes me wonder if its going through the "change". Joe, be sure to post pic of the progress.

 

[jcanute]

actually the first and second pics are of the same fish. four months apart.

 

[jcanute]

this is my new one. his color are pale and he was very skinny when i got him.

 

[kase]

i have one on hold at CF, beginng him/her home this weekend.

how long does it take to get the nice yellow and blue rim? depending on the fish?

 

[roispecialist]

I have had a few myself and have never had a problem with them Very active and fun to watch. I dont know why you haven't seen many

 

[Chrsnwk]

just thought some might like to see a whole shoal of them in the wild...

 

[scaz]

Nice picture I just got back from cancun and I want snorking with a bunch of blue ones just like them. They where 2 feet long and moved 20 feet in second. I would feel bad putting them in a tank.

 

[jcanute]

mine are 3" long now. by next year i will have a 450 gallon 10 foot long tank.

 

[Kent E]

I think they are stunning.